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On art, science and the brainWed, 02 Nov 2016 11:41:29 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on Fit to Study: The effects of exercise on the brain by lcommissarhttps://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/fit-to-study-the-effects-of-exercise-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-5325
Wed, 02 Nov 2016 11:41:29 +0000http://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/?p=1529#comment-5325The study has started, but the main trial starts in September 2017.
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Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:14:01 +0000http://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/?p=1529#comment-5209This sounds really interesting. If kids can be persuaded to do more exercise, not just for long term health but because it makes learning easier NOW, that would be fantastic news. Has the study been carried out and have the results been published yet?
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Sun, 14 Feb 2016 07:56:08 +0000http://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/?p=1551#comment-5039Thanks for this, it seems so many myths are spread throughout education, it is difficult to know what is fact. Maybe well intentioned ideas but just wasting everyone’s time. Something in short supply as a teacher. Encouraging senior leaders in schools to interact with academic research may help this. If more people were aware of the term cognitive bias, it would also help.
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Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:54:47 +0000http://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/?p=1551#comment-5014Very interesting! Thank you for this post. I look forward to reading these articles.
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Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:19:36 +0000http://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/?p=1513#comment-4440Have you ever wanted to find out more about students’ learning and the factors affecting it, but had no one to ask?

We think all educators should be able to find out about the latest findings from psychology and neuroscience so they can make well informed decisions for students.

The Wellcome Trust has teamed up with ‘I’m A Scientist’ so teachers can ask questions and chat live with the scientists who work in this area.

Give us a shout on Twitter (@WTeducation), and share with any teachers who you think might be interested. And remember if you’re talking about the event, use the #edneuro hashtag, to take part in the big discussion.

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Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:17:06 +0000http://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/?p=1218#comment-4439Have you ever wanted to find out more about students’ learning and the factors affecting it, but had no one to ask?

We think all educators should be able to find out about the latest findings from psychology and neuroscience so they can make well informed decisions for students.

The Wellcome Trust has teamed up with ‘I’m A Scientist’ so teachers can ask questions and chat live with the scientists who work in this area.

Give us a shout on Twitter (@WTeducation), and share with any teachers who you think might be interested. And remember if you’re talking about the event, use the #edneuro hashtag, to take part in the big discussion.

]]>Comment on The myth of learning styles by seemehatinhttps://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/the-myth-of-learning-styles/comment-page-1/#comment-4224
Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:09:51 +0000http://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/?p=1218#comment-4224The point is that people are confusing “learning style” with “learning preference”. Sure, we all have preferred ways of doing things, that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily any better than other ways.
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Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:21:31 +0000http://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/?p=1516#comment-4202This is such a clearly written and understandable account thank you. Also, it does seem to be a direct application of Neuroscience to Education without most of the explantory power lying in Psychology. However, the practical implications are enormous and I wonder how you will control for all the confounds. For example, from my experience as a teacher there are many adolescent aged students who have jobs before school, complex travel arrangements, care responsibilities for younger siblings etc etc etc the timing of these extracurricular events will not/ cannot be controlled for.
]]>Comment on The myth of learning styles by Greg Foleyhttps://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/the-myth-of-learning-styles/comment-page-1/#comment-4192
Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:46:10 +0000http://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/?p=1218#comment-4192How students learn best is ultimately determined by content – in my view. Most subjects can be taught in different ways but after a few years of trial and error you generally settle on a single approach that reaches most of the students to the best possible extent. That’s been my experience at least.

The thing about the learning style concept and the reason it has survived is that it has an air of plausibility about it. It’s plausible because people do have different aptitudes – visual, abstract etc. – but it’s a bit leap from saying that someone has a certain aptitude to saying that all content should be presented in a way that is favoured by that aptitude.

And even there were such a thing as a preferred learning style, there is no evidence to suggest that people’s style of learning is fixed and that alternative ways of learning cannot be nurtured through practice.